Tales From Afar
Nothing to report this week other than I did bump into Senaka......
The Week That Was ....
There were 8 players who turned up on Friday, where the weather was very conducive for golf. The Nugget won a couple of skins and Neil Cameron also got a couple, while the rest of the loot was returned to sender.
The weather for Saturday was very poor with heavy rain, so the mixed foursome competition was postponed until the following week. As a result there was no gossip to report to higher authorities about the Wagglers group.
Despite some very dour predictions for golf on Wednesday, the day turned out to be cold, calm and cloudy. So, with Farmer MacKay away in the North Island, there were no pussy cats for the days golf, and after a late reshuffle we were able to have a neat 20 players in the field.
The birthday boy was Tony Attenborough, who has just turned 54 years. Congratulations Tony and thank you for the whisky dram and chips.
Let's Discuss Hitting A Golf Ball ...
This one is a caption competition ........
Here's the back story.
Vaughn was the first with a double you know what on the 14th, where his driver proved a problem, getting him to the manukas on the left short of the distant green pegs. With a poor lie near the out of bounds, his second shot also caused some strife. Bad luck Vaughn.
Then we have Mahmoud. 2nd hole, you know the rest.
So both had to buy whisky. So what's the conversation here .... ? " I find the best thing you can do is own it when you don't quite hit it right." "Move on quickly, the last thing you want is someone out with a camera..."
Did you know Joaquin Niemann was fined 2 shots for throwing a club during the US Open at the weekend. With the two shot penalty on the hole in question he carded an 11 - also known as an excited moose. ( You work it out ...) He still finished tied for 7th .....
Jon Rahm went unpunished for kicking his driver - twice.
So maybe we need a Wagglers Code of Conduct for any indiscretions on the golf course. These things are not to be taken lightly.
So Who Won The Money ?
While we were all expecting to put on our wet weather gear at some stage today, this did not happen, and we all got back into the 19th with dry clothes and just cold faces.
Fairway Phil kicked off the proceedings with Kallum as the banker, who with minimal fuss collected the correct level of cash being $100-00 today.
The countdown took place and the winners of the first 6 holes with 30 points were Bolty, Bob the Builder , Fairway Phil and Eyes Caithness. This was a precursor of things to come with some in this this group achieving higher honours.
The second 6 holes saw a new group emerge, with this team of The Nugget, Steady Eddie, Wacka Woodham and Vaughn Keenan amass a total of 43 points, after scoring just 3 points in their first hole of this tranche.
The last 6 holes saw a close competition for the winning teams, where the winning score of 50 points was shared equally between two teams. This score achieved by both teams was amazing given the testy conditions and the teams were: Bolty/Caithness/Broughton/Freeman and Keenan/Woodham/Alexander/Walter.
He's On A Streak ....
We know that Hamish cleaned up last week winning his second Blue Jacket for the year. From the club newsletter on Monday we also know that last week on Thursday Hamish cleaned up at the Masters.
Hamish becomes the first person in 2026 to go back to back. A few people have gone back to back, but nobody has ever gone back to back to back. The Threepeat. Good luck next week Hamish.
Hamish was three points clear of Nick in second place so a great effort in trying conditions.
And To The Rest ...
The Swingers trophy was won by Birthday Boy Tony who had two birdies, well done Tony just back from Tokyo and now off to Kaitangata for the weekend.
The Waggler's raffle was won by Grant Woodham with number 45. Interesting that only one away from the ATM's number and he checked in to see that it was correct.
Before we depart, let's report on the remaining indiscretions.
One was caused by Wacka Woodham, where on the third tee box he drove through the scaffolding and fortunately finished in the rough, just 20 metres past the structure.
We are told also that Birthday Boy Tony also drove his ball through the scaffolding to end up on the lower second fairway; sadly, he missed a 3 foot putt for par.